Coin-assembling device



A. E. BOULTON. COIN ASSEIVIBLING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED AUG.4, 1919.

1,401,957, Patented Jan. 3, 1922.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, i922.

Application led August 4, 19,19. Serial No. 315,124.

To ra-Z whom, t 'may concern.

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. BOULTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coin-Assembling Devices, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to the coin handling appliances used in banks and mercantile houses for sorting and assembling coins of various denominations preparatory to wrapping or packaging them.

lts main object is the provision of a compact and inexpensive device of this character for facilitating these operations.

Ai further object is the provision of an improved coin-holder which is adjustable. to receive coins of various sizes, thus obvlating the necessity for a variety of holders.

ln the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the device. Figure 2 is a transverse section thereof through one of the coin-cells. Figure 3 is a horizontal section on line 3 3, Fig. 2. Figure 4 is a transverse section on line 4;-4, Fig. 3. Fig uro 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the foldable coin holder. Figure 6 is a longitudinal section of the coin hopper and adjacent parts.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The frame or casing of the device may be of any suitable construction, but preferably 'comprises a back plate 10, a horizontal top plate 11, a basesplate 12, and spaced, upright front bars 13, which several parts are rigidly secured together. ln the construction shown, the frame is provided with lugs or hangers 1d for s ecuring the device to acounter, table or other support, but any other suitable fastening or clamping means may obviously be used for this purpose.

Surmounting said frame is a coin chute or hopper 15 into which the assorted coins of the same denominations are dropped. The discharge end of the chute communicates with a passage 16 in the top plate 11 through which the coins drop into the cells of a removable coin holder. It is preferred form, this holder consists of a rectangular slide, movable longitudinally and horizontally 1n the frame underneath the coin-chute and comprising a pair of foldable leaves or sections. 17, 18, connected at their upper edges by hinges 19 and held in their closed. position by hooks 20, or other suitable means.

This slide or holder contains a series of up-V right coin cells 21 closed at their lower ends and opening at the top of the'holde'r, so that any one of the cells may be brought under the tail of thechute by shifting the slida-ble holder to the proper position. To predetermine these positions of the holder, it is preferably provided opposite each cell with a locking notch 22, adapted to receive a spring catch 23 carried by the base of the frame. Y The coin cells are divided vertically or formed partly in each of the leaves of the slide-sections 17, 18, as shown, and to accommodate them to different sized coins, they Vare preferably adjustable in diameter or cross section. In the construction illustrated in the drawings, this is accomplished by constructing the front wall or half'of each cell in the form of a follower 24, which is guided in an upright slot 25 in the front leaf of the coin holder, and which when in its outer position forms a cell of maximiun diameter to accommodate large coins, such as quarters and nickels; and when in its inner position reduces the diameter of the cell to lit smaller coins, such as dimes and pennies. In Fig. 3,

the two end-cells are enlarged to lit largesized coins, while the three intermediate cells are contracted to fit small-sized coins.

Each follower is provided in its facewith substantially semi-circular groove or cavity, as shown, and at its sides with flanges 26 which extend into a rabbet or enlargement 27 of the slot 25. The follower is constantly urged outwardly by bow springs 28 interposed between said ianges and the bottom of the rabbet. Any suitable means may be ein; ployed' for holding the followers in their inner position against the pressure of their springs. vertically-sliding gravity-bolt 29, which in its lowered position engages a stop-shoulder 30 of a push-button or stud 31, projecting forwardly from the follower, and in its raised position clears said shoulder to allow the follower to spring outward under the action of its spring. The. several locking bolts are guided on a face-plate 32 applied to the front slide section 17 and serving to ref tain theffollowers'in theirFguide-slots 25..

Preferably, this is effected by a of said buttons. t may be screwed to the coin holder, as shown, or otherwise removably secured thereto, to permit ready access to the followers and cells in case the cells should become clogged with coins.

In order to permit of a comparatively close fit of the slidable coin-holder in the frame and yet allow the push buttons 3l and the thumb pieces 29a of the locking bolts 29 to clear the bars 13, these bars are recessed opposite those parts, as shown at 34.

In the use of the device, a promiscuous batch of coins tobe assorted and assembled for wrapping is placed uponthe counter adjacent tothe mouth ofthe chute l5, and the several cells ofthe coin-holder are adjusted to lit the particular denomination of coinsjto be assembled, for example, the followers 24e are pushed inwardlyqto fit dimes or pennies. The holder is next placed in the frame with the first cell registering` with the chute,.the automatic catch 23V snapping into engagement with the corresponding notch 22` of the holder when said cell reaches its proper position. Like coins are thus assorted and flipped into the chute whence they pile up .in` the cell, as shown in Fig. 2. When the first cell is filled, the holder is advanced another notch to bringthe second cell under the chute, and so on, until all of the cellshave been lled, when the holder is withdrawn from the frame, unfolded and placed horizontally on the counter as shown in Fig. 5, The assembled coins nowlie in stacks in the half-cells ofthe rear leaf Vof the holder, in which position the stacks can be conveniently removed and wrapped or ackaoed in the usual manner.

If one filling of the holder is insufficient to stack all ofthe coins offthesamre denomination, the holder` is replaced in the frame and the above operations are repeated without changing the adjustment ofthe cellfollowers. If, after setting up or assembling small-sized coins, it is desired to as-y semble larger-sized coins, as quarters or nickels, the locking bolts 29 are simply withdrawn to release the followers and enlarge the cells, ashereinbefore described.

By providing the holder with such adjustable cells, thesameholder may be used for different sized coins, avoiding-'the Vnecessity of furnishing numeronsseparate holders with cellsfof different diameters and materially simplifying theY construction of the device and reducing its cost, as well as rendering -it more convenient inuse.

I claim as my invention: Y

1. A coin-holder for assembling machines having a plurality of cells closed at their lower ends, each cell being open at its upper end andunobstructed throughout its length and of sutlicient diameter to admit the coins and allow them to pile up in-the cell from bottom to'top thereof, said holder comprising hinged leaves meeting in a plane which intersects said cells longitudinally, and the open ends of the cells being adjacent to the hinged edges of the leaves.

2. Ascom-holder for assembling machines containing a cell which is adjustable in cross section to fit diffei'entsized coins.

3; A coins-holder for assemblingmachines containing acell, one side o f said cell consisting of a follower, and meansfor holding said follower' in differentpositions.

a. A coin-holder for assembling machines containing a cell, one side ofV which consists of a follower, a spring tending to move said follower outwardly, and means for retaining the follower in its inner position. j

5. A coin-holder for assembling machines, containing a cell, one side of which consists of a follower, said follower having a pushbutton, a spring tending to move the follower outwardly, and a catch arranged to interlockwith said push button to hold the follower in its inner position.

6. A. coin-holder for assembling machines having a longitudinal row of upright cells, the front wall of each cell-consisting of a follower having a push-button, a face plate applied to said holderover said followers and having openings for the passage of said push-buttons, springs tending to move the followers outwardly, and locking devices carried by said face plate and arranged to engage said push buttons.

7. A coinholder for assembling machines comprising a slide having a cell, onewall of thecell consisting of an adjustable follower, andmeans for retaining saidfollower in dierent adjustments.

8. A- coin holder for 'assembling machines comprising a slide having. a cell, one wall of the` cellconsisting of an adjustable follower, a spring tending Vto move the follower outwardly and a; locking device for retaining the follower 1n its inner position.

ALBERT n. neutron. 

